Shakti Gauchan

Shakti Gauchan
Personal information
Full name
Shakti Prasad Gauchan
Born (1984-04-22) 22 April 1984 (age 40)
Kolkata, India[1]
NicknameShakti the power
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only ODI (cap 3)1 August 2018 v Netherlands
T20I debut (cap 3)16 March 2014 v Hong Kong
Last T20I17 July 2015 v Papua New Guinea
T20I shirt no.44
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–2015APF
2014Jagdamba Giants
2015New Horizon
2017–2018Pokhara Rhinos
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 1 9 4 24
Runs scored 9 13 157 163
Batting average 4.33 34.20 18.11
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 9* 6* 69* 37*
Balls bowled 24 180 252 1,009
Wickets 0 8 5 18
Bowling average 21.12 21.40 36.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/9 2/18 2/16
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/– 5/– 5/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 June 2022

Shakti Prasad Gauchan (Nepali: शक्ति प्रसाद गौचन) (born 22 April 1984) is a Nepalese former professional cricketer. An all-rounder, Shakti is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm orthodox spinner.[2] He is considered as the best Nepali left arm orthodox bowler in Nepalese cricket history especially on t20 worlcup 2014 . He was only the second Nepalese cricketer to score an international century, when he slammed an unbeaten 106 off 103 balls against Italy during the ICC World Cup Qualifying Series in February 2005.[3]

He was the captain of Jagdamba Giants of the Nepal Premier League. He also represented the APF Club of the National League and New Horizon College, which played in the SPA Cup. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Nepal's first ever One Day International (ODI) match, against the Netherlands, in August 2018. Shakti Gauchan become head coach of Bhairahawa Queens[4][5] (franchise cricket team of NCL women's league) in March 2019.[6][7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference interview01 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Shakti Gauchan". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "Scorecard of Italy v Nepal, ICC World Cup Qualifying Series 2004/05 (Group A)". CricketArchive.
  4. ^ Pandey, Binod (31 March 2019). "Historic day in #NepalCricket . First Ever Franchise Women's Cricket League in country held its Auction. Looking forward to the tournament in few weeks time. In pic :Coach Shakti Gauchan and Captain Rubina Chhetry of Bhairahawa Queens were all smiles during the auction.pic.twitter.com/oPBZIjEUno". @dearbinod. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Bhairahawa Queens". Cricket Himalaya. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  6. ^ "10 out of 17 \'A\' category players fetch top price". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  7. ^ Republica. "'Asia's first' women's T20 league postponed for late April; marquees announced". My Republica. Retrieved 23 July 2019.